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Source Close to the Robertson Family says Phil Robertson Was Set Up by A&E as Company Executives are Trying to Force the Family to Stop Talking About Their Faith on "Duck Dynasty"

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on December 21, 2013 at 3:36pm

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tar Phil Robertson and his family believe they have been 'hung out to dry' by TV network A&E after he wassuspended for homophobic comments made in a magazine interview, MailOnline can reveal.

Sources within the close-knit Louisiana clan say they are convinced A&E are manipulating the controversial situation to bring them - and particularly Robertson - back into line after Television executives grew tired of the family pushing their deeply-held, Christian beliefs.

They also think

Number of LGBT Characters on TV at Its Highest-Ever Level. What Are Your Thoughts?

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on December 21, 2013 at 2:27pm

The HBO drama "True Blood" remains cable's most inclusive series, featuring six LGBT characters.

The number of "gay" and bisexual characters on scripted broadcast network TV is at its highest-ever level in the season ahead, according to the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. The total on cable television is also going up.

The 17th-annual "Where We Are on TV" report released Friday by GLAAD found that 4.4 percent of actors appearing regularly on prime-time network drama and comedy s

New Mexico County Clerk, Deputy Resign In Protest After State Declares Same-Sex Marriage Legal

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on December 21, 2013 at 1:22pm

Gail Stockman, 60 (left), and Beth Black, 58, of Albuquerque, N.M., prepare to marry at a massive wedding in August, along with other same-sex couples. (Russell Contreras/AP)

County commissioners confirmed it was in protest of Thursday's Supreme Court ruling that says it's unconstitutional to bar same-sex couples from getting marriage licenses. Clerk Donna Carpenter and Deputy Clerk Janet Collins made it clear they would resign 'rather than be associated with that.'

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WATCH: Video of Phil Robertson Preaching Against Sexual Immorality

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on December 21, 2013 at 1:26am

A newly surfaced video of "Duck Dynasty" star Phil Robertson preaching against homosexuality arrives at a very inconvenient time for A&E.

Video of a 2010 sermon in which he grouped gays with people full of "murder, envy, strife, hatred" circulated online Friday. A&E suspended Robertson Wednesday from cable's top-rated reality show after he made anti-gay comments in an interview with GQ. On Thursday, his family said they "cannot imagine" continuing the show without their patriarch.

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Liberty Counsel Cries Foul, A&E Should Apologize

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on December 20, 2013 at 1:02am

West Monroe, LA--Liberty Counsel stands behind Duck Dynasty star Phil Robertson. "To fire someone because of his religious beliefs is outrageous and anti-American," says Mat Staver, Founder and Chairman of Liberty Counsel. "A&E has pandered to the wrong group. The television network should apologize for censoring Phil Robertson. I am sure other cable networks would love to carry Duck Dynasty," Staver says.

Phil Robertson was indefinitely suspended from A&E's Duck Dynasty after he told GQ maga

Robertson Family Issues Statement; Says they Can't Imagine "Duck Dynasty" Show Going on Without Phil

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on December 20, 2013 at 12:34am

Duck season may soon be over for A&E.

The Robertson family released a statement late Thursday that raises doubts about the future of one of the most popular shows on cable television.

While some of Phil's unfiltered comments to the reporter were coarse, his beliefs are grounded in the teachings of the Bible. Phil is a Godly man who follows what the Bible says are the greatest commandments: "Love the Lord your God with all your heart" and "Love your neighbor as yourself." Phil would never incite

Lawsuit...Straight Family Man Says Lesbian Boss Fired Him for Being a Straight Family Man

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on December 20, 2013 at 12:05am

Gregory Kenney claims he was axed by Trinity athletic director Pat Krieger, inset, for being a straight, married dad. Photo: Victor Alcorn

A married, heterosexual gym teacher at a tony Upper West Side private school was fired because his lesbian supervisor disapproved of his "traditional family status," the canned teacher claims in a new Manhattan lawsuit.

Gregory Kenney, 50, taught gym at the Trinity School on W. 91st St. for 16 years before he was let go in June 2012.

Kenney, who lives with

Christian Photographer Who Refused to Cover Same-Sex Ceremony Finds Support In Case

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on December 19, 2013 at 10:22pm

Elaine Huguenin, co-owner of Elane Photography in Albuquerque, N.M., is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear her compelled speech case.

Prominent libertarian supporters of redefining marriage are among the parties that filed briefs with the U.S. Supreme Court Friday in support of a New Mexico photographer who declined to use her artistic expression to communicate the story of a same-sex ceremony. Also supporting the photographer in the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) case are 18 other prof

United States Sends Delegation of Gay Athletes to Winter Olympics In Sochi

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on December 19, 2013 at 8:39pm

Billie Jean King attends the Annual Charity Day Hosted By Cantor Fitzgerald And BGC at the Cantor Fitzgerald Office on September 11, 2013 in New York, United States. (Mike McGregor/Getty Images North America)

The United States has named former tennis star Billie Jean King, one of the first prominent athletes to publicly acknowledge her homosexuality, to be in the U.S. delegation to the Winter Olympics in Sochi, where Russia's anti-gay policies have stirred controversy.

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Source Close to the Robertson Family says Phil Robertson Was Set Up by A&E as Company Executives are Trying to Force the Family to Stop Talking About Their Faith on "Duck Dynasty"

Number of LGBT Characters on TV at Its Highest-Ever Level. What Are Your Thoughts?

New Mexico County Clerk, Deputy Resign In Protest After State Declares Same-Sex Marriage Legal

WATCH: Video of Phil Robertson Preaching Against Sexual Immorality

Liberty Counsel Cries Foul, A&E Should Apologize

Robertson Family Issues Statement; Says they Can't Imagine "Duck Dynasty" Show Going on Without Phil

Lawsuit...Straight Family Man Says Lesbian Boss Fired Him for Being a Straight Family Man

Christian Photographer Who Refused to Cover Same-Sex Ceremony Finds Support In Case

United States Sends Delegation of Gay Athletes to Winter Olympics In Sochi

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